As reported on Monday January 3rd, former KUAT Channel 6 TV host Bill Buckmaster has kicked off his new radio talk show on KJLL “The Jolt” 1330 AM radio.

Today January 7, his premiere “Media Meat” political discussion weekly show was hosted by himself with Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly, and Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star, and Dan Shearer of Green Valley News and Sahuarita Sun. These editors/reporters used to join him on the Friday Roundtable on KUAT, along with Linda Valdez of the Arizona Republic, Mark Evans of our Tucsoncitizen.com, and John C. Scott of KJLL radio.

All of these 6 reporters/editors are now his media “host contributors” on this radio show (click here). (I’ve highlighted Evans’ bio/photo below since he is our online Editor, and worked for the print edition of Tucson Citizen, which shut down on May 16, 2009).

And you listen to the radio shows live on www.buckmastershow.com, or thereafter by Standard Podcast. Today’s reporters/editors discuss ethnic studies, the state budget, flags in Green Valley, Rio Nuevo, Shaun McClusky’s candidacy for Mayor of Tucson.

Click here for today’s show, which also includes “Friday Focus” interviews of LD 28 Democratic House Rep. Steve Farley (now State House Assistant Minority Leader) and former Pima County Republican Party Chair Bob Westerman. (Former CD 8 U.S. House candidate Brian Miller is the new Chair).

Buckmaster’s new one hour radio show airs at 9 .m. Monday to Friday, and is re-broadcast at 7 p.m. Stay tuned for next week’s schedule of interviews and
more of “Media Meat”. (I hear this title has been changed to “Reporters’ Roundtable on the Radio”).

Mark Evans

Mark B. Evans is the editor and administrator of TucsonCitizen.com. He writes about local and state politics and government, freedom of information and the news industry. He was an assistant city editor for the Tucson Citizen for two and a half years before tasked with heading up TucsonCitizen.com after the print version of the Citizen was closed.

On Sunday April 11, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the public is invited by Arizona Public Media to be the live studio audience to listen to a panel of experts discuss the proposed one cent (per dollar) state sales tax increase, to be voted on at a special election on May 18.

Stevie Eller Dance Theater at UA

This forum entitled “Arizona $ales Tax: Fix or Folly” will be at the auditorium of the Stevie Eller Dance Theater at 1737 E. University Blvd. (west of Campbell Ave.). It will include representatives from both sides of the debate over this proposal, and Professor Stanley Reynolds, Vice Dean of the UA Eller College of Management.

Moderator will be AZ Illustrated host Bill Buckmaster, and he will be joined by Tom McNamara from KVOA -TV Channel 4, Linda Valdez of the Arizona Republic, and Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly.

Doors for this event will open at 5:30 p.m. Parking is free on weekends on the street, or at the Cherry Avenue garage.

AZ Public Media will also live stream this show on PBS World Channel 27.3 (Comcast 203 and Cox 83), and then show it again the following day from 5 to 6 p.m. on KUAT Channel 6.

Proceeds from this 3 year temporary sales tax increase are to fund education, health care, and public safety. Websites for more info — Yes side: www.yeson100.com and No side: www.axthetaxaz.com.

If you’re unsure whether to vote yes or no, here’s your chance to learn more by attending this forum, or watching it on TV.

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4/13 Update: video on this forum is online at: http://ondemand.azpm.org/videoshorts/watch/2010/4/12/kuat-proposition-100-fix-or-folly/